Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasaru Kawata, Keiichi Nakayama, Asako Doi
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip, a second graphics chip, a detection unit, and a display unit. The first graphics chip has a first drawing processing capacity. The second graphics chip has a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity. The detection unit detects a request to change over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip. The display unit displays a first window prompting to close an application in execution, in a case where the detection unit detects the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip.
Claims18
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity;
- a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity;
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- circuitry configured to:
- detect a request to change over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip;
- control a display to display a first window prompting to close an application in execution when the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip is detected, wherein the first window does not include a prompt to shut down or restart the information processing apparatus;
- determine, after displaying the first window, whether the application in execution is closed;
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- control changing over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip when it is determined that the application in execution is closed or no application is in execution.
An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting a request to change over from an execution of a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity to an execution of a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity;
- controlling a display to display a first window prompting to close an application in execution when the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip is detected, wherein the first window does not include a prompt to shut down or restart the information processing apparatus;
- determining, after displaying the first window, whether the application in execution is closed;
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- controlling changing over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip when it is determined that the application in execution is closed or no application is in execution.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program, causing an information processing apparatus to execute the steps of:
- detecting a request to change over from an execution of a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity to an execution of a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity;
- controlling a display to display a first window prompting to close an application in execution when the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip is detected, wherein the first window does not include a prompt to shut down or restart the information processing apparatus;
- determining, after displaying the first window, whether the application in execution is closed;
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- controlling changing over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip when it is determined that the application in execution is closed or no application is in execution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.